Project 6

 

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) as modulators and messengers in the signaling of collagen- and laminin-binding integrins



Principal Investigator:

Prof. Dr. Johannes Eble
Department of Vascular Matrix Biology
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main

Research Area:

Molecular Medicine, Protein Chemistry, Cell Biology

Summary:

Integrins are key receptors of the cellular signal transduction. We investigate how the binding activities of collagen- and laminin-binding integrins are regulated by ROS at the cellular and molecular level. ROS-induced modifications and conformation changes of these integrins will be correlated with their binding and signaling properties. Furthermore, we will analyze how these integrins use ROS as second messengers for their signaling.